Update: Washington state has officially banned octopus farming following Governor Jay Inslee's signature on House Bill 1153 on March 13th.
This legislative action marks a...
Last week, New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Kenneth Zebrowski announced that they will be introducing a revised version of their...
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan bill, the Preventing Future Pandemics Act, which would direct the State Department to...
China has upgraded the national protection status of its native pangolin species, in particular the Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla, to Class I, the highest form...
1. Congratulations to Joaquin Phoenix for winning Best Actor at the Oscars for his outstanding performance in the Joker.
Joaquin gave an inspirational speech using...
Photos by Sarah Killingsworth
The most rigorous independent water quality report ever conducted in Point Reyes National Seashore was recently released by Turtle Island Restoration...
Photo by: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC
The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition this week urging the National Marine Fisheries Service...
The animal welfare community continues to mourn the tragic passing of animal activist Regan Russell, who was struck and killed by a pig slaughterhouse...
Photos from the Endangered Wolf Center
The Endangered Wolf Center recently flew nine critically endangered Mexican gray wolf pups to be fostered by three separate...
Photos by Garry Lotulung/ AP Images for HSI
Indonesia’s Tomohon “Extreme” Market in North Sulawesi province has officially banned the dog and cat meat trade. The...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized protections for the emperor penguin, a flightless seabird endemic to Antarctica, under the Endangered Species Act...